News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre promotes cybercrime investigation techniques in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 12 March 2013
ASTANA, 12 March 2013- A four-day training session for representatives of the Financial Police, the Financial Police Academy, the Supreme Court, the General Prosecutor’s Office, the Finance Ministry’s Committee on Financial Monitoring, the non-governmental Association on Countering the Laundering of Illegal Assets, central and commercial banks, police and other legal officials began in Koshchi near Astana today...
OSCE/ODIHR supports dialogue on promoting women’s participation in politics in Ukraine
Publishing date: 6 March 2013
Measures to promote women’s political participation in Ukraine were highlighted at a discussion in the Ukrainian capital organized by the Kyiv Dialogue Forum and supported by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 5 and 6 March 2013...
OSCE Chair stresses need for positive developments in human dimension of OSCE
Publishing date: 27 February 2013
WARSAW, 27 February 2013 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, discussed Ukraine’s priorities in the areas of human rights, democracy and the rule of law during a meeting today with Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.
The OSCE Chair acknowledges a vital role of the OSCE PA in promoting the Organization’s values, norms and commitments, his Special Envoy says
Publishing date: 22 February 2013
VIENNA, 21 February 2013 – The OSCE Chair’s Special Envoy Vyacheslav Yatsiuk addressed today the participants of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 12th Winter Meeting on behalf of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara...
OSCE Special Representative, at 5+2 Transdniestrian settlement talks, highlights need to maintain momentum
Publishing date: 19 February 2013
LVIV, Ukraine, 19 February 2013- The OSCE Chairperson's Special Representative for conflicts, Ambassador Andrii Deshchytsia, urged the sides to maintain momentum in the Transdniestrian settlement process in talks that concluded today in the Ukrainian city of Lviv...
OSCE/ODIHR presents recommendations on October 2012 parliamentary elections in Ukraine
Publishing date: 14 February 2013
A team from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) visited Kyiv from 11 to 14 February 2013 to present the final report of the Election Observation Mission for the 28 October 2012 parliamentary elections in Ukraine...
Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization Secretary General tells OSCE Permanent Council joint work essential
Publishing date: 13 February 2013
The collective efforts and expertise of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) and the OSCE will contribute to enhanced prosperity, stability and security, BSEC Secretary General Ambassador Victor Tvircun told the OSCE Permanent Council – the Organization’s key decision making body- in Vienna on 14 February 2013...